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Jeff Williams (Texas)
Jeff Williams was the Mayor of Arlington in Texas. Williams assumed office in 2015. Williams left office on June 29, 2021.
Williams ran for re-election for Mayor of Arlington in Texas. Williams won in the general election on May 4, 2019.
Though Arlington's elections are nonpartisan, local news commentary identified Williams as a Republican.[1][2] Williams was one of 25 Republican mayors in the nation's 100 largest cities by population as of Jan. 1, 2021.
Elections
2021
Jeff Williams was unable to run for re-election in 2021 due to term limits.
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Arlington, Texas (2019)
General election
General election for Mayor of Arlington
Incumbent Jeff Williams defeated Ruby Faye Woolridge, Ashton Stauffer, and Chris Dobson in the general election for Mayor of Arlington on May 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeff Williams (Nonpartisan) | 58.5 | 10,613 |
 | Ruby Faye Woolridge (Nonpartisan) | 25.7 | 4,668 | |
 | Ashton Stauffer (Nonpartisan)  | 10.0 | 1,809 | |
 | Chris Dobson (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 1,042 | |
| Total votes: 18,132 | |||
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2017
The city of Arlington, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on May 6, 2017. A runoff election was held on June 10, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 17, 2017.[3] Incumbent Jeff Williams defeated Chris Dobson in the Mayor of Arlington general election.[4]
| Mayor of Arlington, General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jeff Williams Incumbent |
70.55% | 14,134 |
| Chris Dobson | 29.45% | 5,900 |
| Total Votes | 20,034 | |
| Source: City of Arlington, Texas, "Official May 6, 2017 Election Results," accessed May 19, 2017 | ||
2015
The city of Arlington, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on May 9, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 27, 2015. Four of the eight city council seats were up for election. An incumbent ran for re-election in each district.[5]
In the mayoral race, Jeff Williams defeated incumbent Robert Cluck, Didmus B. Banda and Jerome Raymond Pikulinski.[6][7]
| Mayor of Arlington, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Jeff Williams |
57.2% | 10,161 | |
| Robert Cluck Incumbent | 40.1% | 7,119 | |
| Jerome Raymond Pikulinski | 1.9% | 329 | |
| Didmus B. Banda | 0.8% | 147 | |
| Total Votes | 17,756 | ||
| Source: Tarrant County Elections, "Official general election results," accessed May 28, 2015 | |||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jeff Williams did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ WFAA 8, "Fort Worth Mayor Price to attend Trump's inauguration," Dec. 2, 2016
- ↑ The Dallas Morning News, "Dallas-area mayors talk property taxes, annexation with Gov. Greg Abbott," Aug. 2, 2017
- ↑ Arlington, Texas, "Ordinance Ordering General Election," January 24, 2017
- ↑ Arlington, Texas, "2017 candidate list," accessed February 18, 2017
- ↑ City of Arlington, "May 9, 2015, Election," accessed January 5, 2015
- ↑ Tarrant County Elections, "2015 Unofficial Election Results," accessed May 9, 2015
- ↑ City of Arlington, "2015 Official Candidate Filings," accessed March 18, 2015
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Robert Cluck |
Mayor of Arlington 2015–2021 |
Succeeded by Jim Ross |
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